Railway-rail anchor



June 10, 1930.

H. G. NORWOOD RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR Filed Jam. 29,- 1950 Imew a Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE HARRY G. NORWOOID, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGIN'OR TO THEODORE F. VON BORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-BAIL ANCHOR Application filed January 29, 1930. Serial No. 424,297.

This invention relates to a new, novel and improved rail anchor designed to be attached to the base portion of railway track rails, and adapted to engage with stationary parts of the railway road bed'for the purpose of preventing longitudinal displacement or creeping of the track rails which is liable to occur during the travel of the heavy rolling stock thereupon.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, reliable, prac tical and novel rail anchor, or anticreeper, possessing a maximum of strength, which uwhen properly and fixedly applied willeffectually resist the creeping of the railway track rail.

Another object of the invention is to so construct my novel rail anchor that any tendency of the track rail to creep will serve to swing the anchor about its fulcrum against the cross-tie, thereby causing the anchor to intensify its gripping and clamping power on the track rail. A further object of the invention is to provide an improved rail anchor formed from a single piece of high grade spring sheet steel, preferably heat treated steel, which under all conditions will serve to prevent any creeping action of the track rail toward an adjacent cross-tie.

Theforegoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuing description are attained by the construction, location,

arrangement and combination of the several parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that slight changes in the precise form, proporof the invention.

part of this specification it will be seen that;

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved device embodying my invention applied to a railway track rail, showing the rail in cross-section and in side elevation a t railway cross-tie broken away.

tions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages.

v upon which side of the rail to which Figure 2 is a plan view of the same showing the track rail and cross-tie broken away.

Figure 3 is a plan showing the blank formation of my improved rail anchor before it is stamped into the form in which it is applied to the track rail.

Figure 4 is a plan showing the formation of the blank when stamped into its'proper formation for use, and t Figure 5 is a side elevation of the rail anchor detached from the track rail and showing the formation it is caused to assume when it is ready to be fixedly secured to said rail. i i p 7 In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated, it will be seen that Fig. 1 shows my improved rail anchor applied to the base portionof a standard track rail 1, the said anchor being designated as an entirety, by the letter A, and is formed from a high grade of spring sheet steel possessing the required thickness and dimensions to furnish a maximum strength, by pressing or stamping the blank sheet in suitable dies and at the upper part of the same at one side thereof is formed an overlapping jaw member 2, while at its opposite side or end portion is formed a clamping or gripping 1nember3, said members being adapted to tightly grip and clamp the base portion of the track rail at each side thereof, respectively, when the anchor shall have been forcibly and properly applied to said rail in its fixed position for use. i

The body portion 4 is so stamped and formed that substantially centrally of the blank it is caused to be folded uponitself and assume substantially the formation such as shown in'Figs. t and 5 of the drawings from the points 5 to 6, the lowermost ends. 90 of saidbody portion being inclined oppositely from eachend of the anchor grady p y i ually' upwardly and inwardly, while the In the accompanying drawings forming a upper ends of said body portion are oppositely inclined from each point 7 and 7" downwardly and outwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, each side of the body portions 8 and 9, being adapted to rest against and contact with a cross-tie 10., dependent the anchor is properly and securely applied,therefore, any tendency of the rail to creep since said anchor is so constructed that it may be readily secured toeither side of the railway track rail.

At one end portion of the anchor is formed a. right angle flange member 11 which material-1y serves to strengthen said anchor, as well as to form an extended surface or area for the reception of the blows from a sledge such as are usually employed when forcing the anchor on the track rail into its fixed position. V v

In applying the anchor to the base of the track rail it is simply necessary to place it by hand on one side of the rail base with its jaw member 2 overlapping the upper inclined surface of the rail base with the "lower face of the base of the rail contacting'theupper face of the body portion 4,

' base in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 then by driving it endwisefrom its left hand end, as shown in the drawings,with a "suitable sledge, such as is usually employed for like purposes, until the inner face of the clamping member 3 passes the opposite edge of the rail base, when the member 3 will immediately snap upwardly and tight- 1y. contactand-grip the other side of said rail base, all parts in contact with the rail base being simultaneously under intense gripplng and clamping action wlth' said base.

Thisde'vice maybe easily removed or detached from the rail base by striking the It will be perceived that whenthe anchor shall have been fixedly secured to the rail the inclined formations 7 and? will be forced downw'ardly'and both the upper andlower faces of the body portion will be forced to assumesubstantially an even and horizontal plane throughout their entire length, hence the greater the tendency to impart a twisting or canting movement of the anchor by its pressure against the cross- "tie, thus intensifying the gripping power to all of the parts of the anchor that are in contact with therail.

It will bereadily observedtha't by'the con struc'tion'of anchor hereinbeforedescribed that when the anchor has been properly applied to the rail base the body portion 7 and 7 will have an intense gripping contact with the lower face of the rail base anchor aboutits fulcrum against the tie and that such tendency 'to rockor cant causes I v f the parts to more intensely grip and clamp the upper and lower surfaces of the rail base as well as one-edge or side-thereof,

rail, and that it may be easily detached from the rail and repeatedly used, thereby increasing its longevity and usefulness.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

' l. A one-piece track rail "anchor adapted to be fixedly secured to the rail base, comprising a body portion folded upon itself intermediate its ends, withits lowermost face and its upper face inclined in opposite directions.

2. A one-piece track rail anchor adapted to be fixedly secured to the rail base, comprising a body portion foldedupon itself intermediate its ends, said body portionhaving its lowermost face inclined from each end upwardly and inwardly, and its upper face from a point intermediate its ends downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions.

3. A track rail anchor formed of spring sheet steel formed with a clamping member at each end adapted to engage'each side of a rail base, and a body portion formed with an upper and a lower face, said faces being inclined in opposite directions.

4. A railway track rail anchor formed of spring sheet steel with a clamping member at each end portion thereof for clamping each side of a rail base, said body portion being folded upwardly intermediate its ends, and formed with oppositely disposed inclined upper faces and oppositely disposed inclined lower faces.

5. A railway track rail anchor formed with a-clamping member at each end portion thereof for clamping each side of a rail base, and a body portion folded centrally and upwardly upon itself, and formed with oppositely disposed inclined upper faces and oppositely disposed inclined lower faces.

6. A railway track rail anchor formed of spring sheet steel with a clamping member at each end portion thereof adapted to engage a rail base, and a body portion bent upon itself centrally and upwardly with its lowermost face inclined from each outer end inwardly and upwardly and its upper face inclined from .a point intermediateits.

ends downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions.

7. A railway rail anchor formed with a clamping member at each end portion thereof, and a body portion folded centrally and upwardly upon itself and having an upper and a lower face, said faces being inclined in opposite directions with relation to each other.

HARRY G. NORWOOD. 

